US20090134671A1 - Vehicle roof with a movable roof section - Google Patents
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- the invention relates to a vehicle roof with a movable roof section that can be deployed into a ventilation position by means of a deployment and/or displacement mechanism and/or can be displaced above or below the vehicle roof or an at least temporarily stationary roof section to at least partially release a roof opening in the vehicle roof according to the preamble of patent Claim 1 .
- the object of the present invention is to provide a vehicle roof with a gate that is easy to manufacture, has low dimensional tolerances and a high strength with small dimensions.
- the core of the present invention is that the gate made of metal in the lower vertical area has a plurality of passages arranged a distance apart from one another, serving to anchor the plastic of the guide webs.
- the passages have plastic material passing directly through them and also forming the guide web. Due to the fact that the passages are surrounded by plastic, the plastic material is securely bonded to the vertical web of the gate.
- the gate has a protruding embossing surrounded by the plastic material of the guide webs protruding outward in the direction of the guide webs in the area of the passages. Due to this embossing, the surface of the guide area between the metallic gate and the plastic material is increased in comparison with the simple passages of the first variant, thereby further increasing the load-bearing capacity of the gate.
- the passages serve to anchor load-bearing bolts, which in turn support the plastic material of the guide webs.
- the load-bearing bolts may be made of metal, but they are preferably also made of a plastic having a greater strength than the plastic material forming the slide tracks of the guide webs.
- the plastic of the load-bearing bolts may be reinforced with fibers such as glass fibers or carbon fibers.
- the load-bearing bolts may penetrate through the passages and thus serve as a bracket/carrier for the plastic material of the guide webs on both sides of the gate.
- Two metal sections that are a mirror image of one another are preferably joined together with their smooth back walls to form a joint gate, so that one guide web extends on each side.
- the guide webs in this case are preferably created by injection molding of plastic material on the lower edges of the gate and in the area of the passages arranged above.
- a flange that serves to attach the gate to the movable roof section is provided in the upper area of the gate.
- the flange is formed by outwardly angled legs of the metal sections.
- the flange may also be formed by an intermediate space between the two metal sections with which a beam of the movable roof section engages.
- an inventive gate may also be arranged on a displaceable carriage and then may be engaged with a sliding element or swivel lever mounted on the movable roof part.
- the present invention is suitable for a lifting roof, a sliding/lifting roof, a spoiler roof and an externally guided sliding roof (ESD).
- ESD externally guided sliding roof
- FIG. 1 shows a schematic top view of a vehicle roof with a movable roof part in a partially opened position
- FIG. 2 shows a schematic side view of a gate arranged on the roof part and a displaceable carriage
- FIG. 3 shows a cross section through a first inventive embodiment of a cover gate
- FIG. 4 shows a schematic perspective side view of a second inventive embodiment of a cover gate
- FIG. 5 shows a schematic perspective view of a third inventive embodiment of a cover gate
- FIG. 6 shows a cross section through the third embodiment.
- the vehicle roof 1 shown in FIG. 1 has a movable roof part 2 , which is pivotable about a pivot axis situated near its front edge 21 , pivoting on guide rails 7 arranged at the sides of a roof opening 5 , thereby being deployable with its rear edge 22 into a ventilation position.
- the roof part 2 is designed as a sliding/lifting roof and in addition, with its rear edge 21 it can be lowered beneath a fixed roof part 4 and displaced toward the rear to release the roof opening 5 .
- the movable roof part 2 is provided with an essentially vertical gate 9 in the area of each of its side edges.
- This gate 9 preferably has two symmetrically opposed guide webs 10 near its lower edge, forming a slide track 15 on the top side and a slide track 16 on the bottom side.
- the slide tracks 15 and/or 16 serve to guide a carriage 8 that is longitudinally displaceably guided in the guide rail 7 .
- the carriage 8 can be driven by means of an electric drive (not shown) via a drive cable (not shown). To this end, the carriage 8 reaches around the two slide tracks 15 pointing upward and the lower slide tracks 16 on the two opposite guide webs 10 , as shown in FIG. 3 . Since the guide webs 10 shown in FIG.
- the roof part 2 forms a curved path over the length of the gate 9 as a whole, the roof part 2 is raised with its rear edge 22 forward in displacement of the carriage 8 out of the position in FIG. 2 and is lowered with its rear edge 22 toward the rear in displacement of the carriage 8 out of the position shown in FIG. 2 .
- the gate 9 is preferably formed by two identical metal sections 18 and 19 in mirror image to one another, each having at its upper edge a horizontal cross web 17 angled inward or outward, respectively.
- the cross webs 17 may serve directly as a flange 23 for fastening the movable roof art 2 .
- the metal sections 18 and/or 19 are spaced a distance between with their smooth rear walls, forming an intermediate space 20 which serves to accommodate a vertical web of a bracket 3 of the roof part 2 and thus as a flange 23 .
- the bracket 3 is attached to the metal sections 18 and/or 19 by means of a fastening 24 , e.g., by screws.
- the metal sections 18 and/or 19 have several passages 11 that coincide with one another and are arranged one after the other in a longitudinal direction.
- the passages 11 are designed as boreholes or as elongated holes produced by punching, for example.
- the passages 11 together with the lower parts of the metal sections 18 and/or 19 arranged beneath them are completely sheathed with a plastic material 14 , which also at the same time forms the two laterally protruding guide webs 10 with the slide tracks 15 and/or 16 .
- the metal sections 18 and/or 19 which are in smooth surface contact with one another along their back sides are also joined together to form a gate 9 .
- the metal sections 18 and/or 19 are provided with multiple passages 11 arranged one after the other in the longitudinal direction close to their rear edge, but in addition the material of the metal sections 18 and 19 beneath the passages 11 is shaped by embossing 13 that protrudes outward at uniform intervals and is corrugated in the example shown here.
- the embossing 13 may be produced simultaneously with the passages 11 on the metal sections 18 and 19 in one operation using a suitable punching-bending tool.
- the embossing 13 serve to increase the surface area by which the plastic material 14 is bonded to the metal of the metal sections 18 and 19 , so that the strength of such a gate is further increased.
- FIGS. 5 and 6 A third variant of an inventive gate is shown in FIGS. 5 and 6 .
- the two metal sections 18 and 19 forming the gate 9 with their horizontal webs 17 formed at the upper ends are joined together along their smooth back sides.
- the passages 11 are designed as cylindrical bores.
- Load-bearing bolts 12 are anchored in the cylindrical bores of the passages 11 ; they may be made of metal, but are preferably made of a plastic material having a greater strength than the plastic material 14 forming the guide webs 10 with the slide tracks 15 and 16 .
- the load-bearing bolts 12 preferably extend through the coinciding passages 11 in the two vertical legs of the metal sections 18 and 19 , so that they protrude uniformly on both sides.
- the load-bearing bolts 12 may additionally be joined to the metal of the metal sections 18 and 19 , e.g., by heating or adhesive bonding. Then plastic material 14 is injected or cast in a mold corresponding to the contour of the sliding webs 10 over the entire lower area of the metal sections 18 and 19 in which the load-bearing bolts 12 are situated, so that this plastic material 14 forms two horizontally opposed sliding webs 10 .
- the plastic material 14 extends completely around the load-bearing bolts 12 , the lower part of the side faces of the metal sections 18 and 19 and their underside. It forms the slide tracks 15 for the carriage 8 on the top side of the two sliding webs 10 and forms the slide tracks 16 on the entire bottom side.
- an inexpensive gate 9 that is simple to manufacture and has a high strength and good sliding properties is created.
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- The invention relates to a vehicle roof with a movable roof section that can be deployed into a ventilation position by means of a deployment and/or displacement mechanism and/or can be displaced above or below the vehicle roof or an at least temporarily stationary roof section to at least partially release a roof opening in the vehicle roof according to the preamble of
patent Claim 1. - DE 195 14 585 C2 describes such a vehicle roof in which the gate is made completely of plastic and, in order to achieve a suitable mechanical strength and stability, has thick walls accordingly.
- DE 91 16 421 U1 discloses another vehicle roof with which the gate is made of sheet metal. According to this variant, a guide slot formed in the gate is sheathed with a plastic around its edges. Despite this somewhat broader plastic sheathing, both the load-bearing capacity and the width of the guide path for the pin sliding in the guide slot are limited.
- DE 299 24 601 U1 discloses another vehicle roof with which the gate is formed by two adjacent sheet metal parts, which are each bent downward at their lower edges. The webs angled outward are completely sheathed in plastic. With this variant, the complexity involved in bending the sheet metal gates and the resulting relative large manufacturing tolerances are a disadvantage.
- The object of the present invention is to provide a vehicle roof with a gate that is easy to manufacture, has low dimensional tolerances and a high strength with small dimensions.
- This object is achieved according to the present invention by the features of
patent Claim 1. Advantageous embodiments of the present invention are characterized in the dependent claims. - The core of the present invention is that the gate made of metal in the lower vertical area has a plurality of passages arranged a distance apart from one another, serving to anchor the plastic of the guide webs.
- According to a first variant, the passages have plastic material passing directly through them and also forming the guide web. Due to the fact that the passages are surrounded by plastic, the plastic material is securely bonded to the vertical web of the gate.
- According to a second variant, the gate has a protruding embossing surrounded by the plastic material of the guide webs protruding outward in the direction of the guide webs in the area of the passages. Due to this embossing, the surface of the guide area between the metallic gate and the plastic material is increased in comparison with the simple passages of the first variant, thereby further increasing the load-bearing capacity of the gate.
- According a third variant, the passages serve to anchor load-bearing bolts, which in turn support the plastic material of the guide webs. The load-bearing bolts may be made of metal, but they are preferably also made of a plastic having a greater strength than the plastic material forming the slide tracks of the guide webs. To this end, the plastic of the load-bearing bolts may be reinforced with fibers such as glass fibers or carbon fibers.
- The load-bearing bolts may penetrate through the passages and thus serve as a bracket/carrier for the plastic material of the guide webs on both sides of the gate.
- Two metal sections that are a mirror image of one another are preferably joined together with their smooth back walls to form a joint gate, so that one guide web extends on each side. The guide webs in this case are preferably created by injection molding of plastic material on the lower edges of the gate and in the area of the passages arranged above.
- According to an advantageous embodiment, a flange that serves to attach the gate to the movable roof section is provided in the upper area of the gate. According to a first alternative, the flange is formed by outwardly angled legs of the metal sections. As an alternative to this, the flange may also be formed by an intermediate space between the two metal sections with which a beam of the movable roof section engages.
- As an alternative to mounting on the cover, an inventive gate may also be arranged on a displaceable carriage and then may be engaged with a sliding element or swivel lever mounted on the movable roof part.
- The present invention is suitable for a lifting roof, a sliding/lifting roof, a spoiler roof and an externally guided sliding roof (ESD).
- The vehicle roof is explained in greater detail below on the basis of three exemplary embodiments with reference to the drawing, in which
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FIG. 1 shows a schematic top view of a vehicle roof with a movable roof part in a partially opened position; -
FIG. 2 shows a schematic side view of a gate arranged on the roof part and a displaceable carriage; -
FIG. 3 shows a cross section through a first inventive embodiment of a cover gate; -
FIG. 4 shows a schematic perspective side view of a second inventive embodiment of a cover gate; -
FIG. 5 shows a schematic perspective view of a third inventive embodiment of a cover gate and -
FIG. 6 shows a cross section through the third embodiment. - The
vehicle roof 1 shown inFIG. 1 has amovable roof part 2, which is pivotable about a pivot axis situated near itsfront edge 21, pivoting onguide rails 7 arranged at the sides of aroof opening 5, thereby being deployable with itsrear edge 22 into a ventilation position. In the example shown here, theroof part 2 is designed as a sliding/lifting roof and in addition, with itsrear edge 21 it can be lowered beneath afixed roof part 4 and displaced toward the rear to release theroof opening 5. - The
movable roof part 2 is provided with an essentiallyvertical gate 9 in the area of each of its side edges. Thisgate 9 preferably has two symmetricallyopposed guide webs 10 near its lower edge, forming aslide track 15 on the top side and aslide track 16 on the bottom side. Theslide tracks 15 and/or 16 serve to guide acarriage 8 that is longitudinally displaceably guided in theguide rail 7. Thecarriage 8 can be driven by means of an electric drive (not shown) via a drive cable (not shown). To this end, thecarriage 8 reaches around the twoslide tracks 15 pointing upward and thelower slide tracks 16 on the twoopposite guide webs 10, as shown inFIG. 3 . Since theguide webs 10 shown inFIG. 2 form a curved path over the length of thegate 9 as a whole, theroof part 2 is raised with itsrear edge 22 forward in displacement of thecarriage 8 out of the position inFIG. 2 and is lowered with itsrear edge 22 toward the rear in displacement of thecarriage 8 out of the position shown inFIG. 2 . - As shown in a first embodiment according to
FIG. 3 , thegate 9 is preferably formed by twoidentical metal sections horizontal cross web 17 angled inward or outward, respectively. Thecross webs 17 may serve directly as aflange 23 for fastening themovable roof art 2. In the example shown here according toFIG. 3 , themetal sections 18 and/or 19 are spaced a distance between with their smooth rear walls, forming anintermediate space 20 which serves to accommodate a vertical web of abracket 3 of theroof part 2 and thus as aflange 23. Thebracket 3 is attached to themetal sections 18 and/or 19 by means of afastening 24, e.g., by screws. - In the lower area the
metal sections 18 and/or 19 haveseveral passages 11 that coincide with one another and are arranged one after the other in a longitudinal direction. Thepassages 11 are designed as boreholes or as elongated holes produced by punching, for example. Thepassages 11 together with the lower parts of themetal sections 18 and/or 19 arranged beneath them are completely sheathed with aplastic material 14, which also at the same time forms the two laterally protrudingguide webs 10 with theslide tracks 15 and/or 16. Due to the fact that the plastic material passes through thepassages 11, this forms a highly load-bearing connection between themetal sections 18 and/or 19 and theplastic material 14, so that on the whole a highly load-bearinggate 9 is formed from the combination of metal and plastic. - In the second exemplary embodiment according to
FIG. 4 , again twometal sections 18 and/or 19 which are in smooth surface contact with one another along their back sides are also joined together to form agate 9. For a more intimate connection to theplastic material 14 that forms theguide webs 10, themetal sections 18 and/or 19, as is already known from the first exemplary embodiment according toFIG. 3 , are provided withmultiple passages 11 arranged one after the other in the longitudinal direction close to their rear edge, but in addition the material of themetal sections passages 11 is shaped by embossing 13 that protrudes outward at uniform intervals and is corrugated in the example shown here. Theembossing 13 may be produced simultaneously with thepassages 11 on themetal sections embossing 13 serve to increase the surface area by which theplastic material 14 is bonded to the metal of themetal sections - A third variant of an inventive gate is shown in
FIGS. 5 and 6 . The twometal sections gate 9 with theirhorizontal webs 17 formed at the upper ends are joined together along their smooth back sides. Thepassages 11 are designed as cylindrical bores. Load-bearingbolts 12 are anchored in the cylindrical bores of thepassages 11; they may be made of metal, but are preferably made of a plastic material having a greater strength than theplastic material 14 forming theguide webs 10 with theslide tracks bolts 12 preferably extend through thecoinciding passages 11 in the two vertical legs of themetal sections bolts 12 may additionally be joined to the metal of themetal sections plastic material 14 is injected or cast in a mold corresponding to the contour of thesliding webs 10 over the entire lower area of themetal sections bolts 12 are situated, so that thisplastic material 14 forms two horizontally opposedsliding webs 10. Theplastic material 14 extends completely around the load-bearingbolts 12, the lower part of the side faces of themetal sections slide tracks 15 for thecarriage 8 on the top side of the two slidingwebs 10 and forms theslide tracks 16 on the entire bottom side. All three variants have in common the method for sheathing or casting plastic around the lower part of thegates 9, including thepassages 11. In the third exemplary embodiment (although here it is indirect by at least partially surrounding the load-bearing bolts 12) thepassages 11 thus also serve to anchor theplastic 14 of theguide webs 10. - In all three embodiments, an
inexpensive gate 9 that is simple to manufacture and has a high strength and good sliding properties is created. - 1 vehicle roof
- 2 (movable) roof section
- 3 bracket (on 2)
- 4 (fixed) roof section
- 5 roof opening
- 7 guide rail
- 8 carriage
- 9 gate
- 10 guide web
- 11 passage
- 12 load-bearing bolt
- 13 embossing
- 14 plastic material
- 15 slide track (on 10)
- 16 slide track (on 10)
- 17 cross web (on 9, 18, 19)
- 18 (first) metal section
- 19 (second) metal section
- 20 intermediate space
- 21 front edge (of 2)
- 22 rear edge (of 2)
- 23 flange
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